Girls' name · since 1950
Brena
Brena has 794 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,781 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 794
- born since 1950
- 2000s
- peak decade
794 girls have been named Brena since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brena has 794 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2021.
- #8,781 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 794 born since 1950
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brena ranks #8,781 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 794 born since 1950, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,781 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 794
- born since 1950
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brena's 794 recorded births place it above 87.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Brena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brena splits its recorded history at 1990: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2021
- Peak year (2007)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Brena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (226 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Brena's strongest decade.
226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Brena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 46
1960s
46 births
- 1970s 67
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
102 births
- 1990s
1990s
170 births
- 2000s
2000s
226 births
- 2010s
2010s
155 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 226 births (28% of all-time use).
How Brena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brena's total volume
Brena by state
Where Brena concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
12 of 794 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Brena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (226 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brenas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.